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Fernando Miguel Pais da Graça Lobo is Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Algarve, Portugal. He completed his PhD in 2000 at FCT/UNL, Portugal, on the topic of genetic algorithms, his Masters degree in Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, in 1997, and his undergraduate degree in Computer Science at FCT/UNL, Portugal, in 1991. He has over 6000 citations and h-index=26 on Google Scholar (as of 25-jan-2024). His major research areas are in Evolutionary Computation, Randomized Search Heuristics, and Computers and Accessibility.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Fernando Miguel Pais da Graça Lobo

Citation names

  • Lobo, Fernando G.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
FF10-952F-DAF9
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6526-9604
Education
Degree Classification
2016
Concluded
 Engenharia Informática (Título de Agregado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2000
Concluded
 Engenharia do Ambiente (Doutoramento)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"The parameter-less genetic algorithm: Rational and automated parameter selection for simplified genetic algorithm operation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1997
Concluded
 Computer Science (Mestrado)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
1991
Concluded
 Engenharia Informática (Licenciatura)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"N/A" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2007/05 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2011/11/18 - Current Associate Professor (Professor Associado) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2013/09/01 - 2014/07/31 Visiting Research Scholar San Jose State University, United States
2001/06/16 - 2011/11/17 Assistant Professor (Professor Auxiliar) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2000/06/16 - 2001/06/15 Invited Assistant Professor (Professor Auxiliar Convidado) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2000/02/22 - 2000/06/15 Invited Lecturer (Assistente Convidado) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
1995/07/01 - 1999/06/01 Visiting Research Scholar University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
1992 - 1994 Engenheiro Informático Edinfor S.A., Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2013 - 2015 Search and Optimization with Adaptive Selection of Estimation of Distribution Algorithms
PTDC/EEI-AUT/2844/2012
Principal investigator
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
Concluded
2008 - 2011 Efficiency enhancement techniques for probabilistic model building genetic algorithms
PTDC/EIA/67776/2006
Principal investigator
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
Concluded
2005 - 2008 Constructivist learning for special needed children
POCI/CED/62497/2004
Principal investigator
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
Concluded
2005 - 2008 On-line support for dynamic restoration of large-scale distribution network contingencies
POSC/EEA-ESE/61218/2004
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2006 - 2007 Modelos de previsão de carga utilizando técnicas de soft-computing
Funded by Rede Eléctrica Nacional. (REN S.A.)
Principal investigator
Rede Electrica Nacional
Concluded
2004 - 2007 Information and communication technologies for helping people with cerebral palsy
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, grant no. 65538
Principal investigator
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2002 - 2005 Genetic Algorithms Based on the Construction of Probabilistic Models of the Population
POSI/SRI/42065/2001
Principal investigator
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
Concluded
2002 - 2005 GeneticLand: Discovering future landscapes under Climate Change Scenarios using Genetic Algorithms
POCTI/MGS/37970/2001
Researcher
Concluded
1999 - 2001 Distributed Simulation and Visualization applied to New Numerical Formulations in Water Quality
POCTI/MGS/33998/99
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Lobo, Fernando G.; Pelikan, Martin; Hauschild, M.. "Estimation of Distribution Algorithms". In Springer Handbook of Computational Intelligence, 899-928. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2015.
    10.1007/978-1-4615-1539-5_3
  2. Llorà, Xavier; Sastry, Kumara; Lima, Cláudio F.; Lobo, Fernando G.; Goldberg, David E.. "Linkage Learning, Rule Representation, and the ¿-Ary Extended Compact Classifier System". In Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 189-205. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
    10.1007/978-3-540-88138-4_11
  3. Lima, C.F.; Pelikan, M.; Goldberg, D.E.; Lobo, F.G.; Sastry, K.; Hauschild, M.. "Linkage learning accuracy in the Bayesian optimization algorithm". In Linkage in Evolutionary Computation, 87-107. Springer, 2008.
    10.1007/978-3-540-85068-7_5
  4. Lobo, F.G.; Lima, C.F.. "Adaptive population sizing schemes in genetic algorithms". In Parameter Setting in Evolutionary Algorithms, 185-204. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
    10.1007/978-3-540-69432-8_9
  5. Harik, G.R.; Lobo, F.G.; Sastry, K.. "Linkage learning via probabilistic modeling in the extended compact genetic algorithm (ECGA)". In Scalable Optimization via Probabilistic Modeling, 39-61. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
    10.1007/978-3-540-34954-9_3
Conference paper
  1. Robin Purshouse; Christine Zarges; Sylvain Cussat-Blanc; Michael G. Epitropakis; Marcus Gallagher; Thomas Jansen; Pascal Kerschke; et al. "Workshops at PPSN 2018". Paper presented in Parallel Problem Solving from Nature – PPSN XV. PPSN 2018, 2018.
  2. Bazargani, M.; Lobo, F.G.. "Parameter-less late acceptance hill-climbing". Paper presented in ACM Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2017), 2017.
    10.1145/3071178.3071225
  3. Condado, P.A.; Lobo, F.G.. "A system for controlling assisted living environments using mobile devices". Paper presented in ACM Conference on Computers & Accessibility - ASSETS '15, 2015.
    10.1145/2700648.2809839
  4. Pereira, J.C.; Lobo, F.G.. "Parameter-less Evolutionary portfolio: First experiments". Paper presented in ACM Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO-2015, 2015.
    10.1145/2739482.2764886
  5. Lobo, F.G.; Bazargani, M.. "When hillclimbers beat genetic algorithms in multimodal optimization". Paper presented in ACM Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO-2015, 2015.
    10.1145/2739482.2764666
  6. Bazargani, M.; Dos Anjos, A.; Lobo, F.G.; Mollahosseini, A.; Shahbazkia, H.R.. "Affine image registration transformation estimation using a real coded genetic algorithm with SBX". Paper presented in ACM Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2012), 2012.
    10.1145/2330784.2330990
  7. Lobo, F.G.. "Idealized dynamic population sizing for uniformly scaled problems". Paper presented in ACM Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2011),, 2011.
    10.1145/2001576.2001702
  8. Condado, Paulo A.; Godinho, Rui; Zacarias, Marielba; Lobo, Fernando G.. "EasyWrite: A Touch-Based Entry Method for Mobile Devices". Paper presented in International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT 2011), 2011.
  9. Lobo, F.G.; Lima, C.F.. "Towards automated selection of estimation of distribution algorithms". Paper presented in ACM Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO 2010, 2010.
    10.1145/1830761.1830831
  10. Lima, C.F.; Pelikan, M.; Lobo, F.G.; Goldberg, D.E.. "Loopy substructural local search for the Bayesian optimization algorithm". Paper presented in Engineering Stochastic Local Search Algorithms. Designing, Implementing and Analyzing Effective Heuristics, Second International Workshop, SLS 2009, 2009.
    10.1007/978-3-642-03751-1_5
  11. Stéphane Norte; Fernando Lobo. "A sudoku game for people with motor impairments (DEMO)". Paper presented in 13th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE-2008), 2008.
    10.1145/1597849.1384362
  12. Claudio F. Lima; Fernando G. Lobo; Martin Pelikan. "From mating pool distributions to model overfitting". Paper presented in ACM Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2008), 2008.
    10.1145/1389095.1389174
  13. Claudio F. Lima; Carlos Fernandes; Fernando G. Lobo. "Investigating restricted tournament replacement in ECGA for non-stationary environments". Paper presented in Proceedings of the ACM Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2008), 2008.
    10.1145/1389095.1389175
  14. Norte, S.; Lobo, F.G.. "Sudoku access: A Sudoku game for people with motor disabilities". Paper presented in ACM Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS-2008), 2008.
    10.1145/1414471.1414502
  15. Condado, P.A.; Lobo, F.G.. "EasyVoice: Breaking barriers for people with voice disabilities". Paper presented in 11th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP-2008), 2008.
    10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_185
  16. Stéphane Norte; Fernando Graça Lobo. "A virtual logo keyboard for people with motor disabilities". Paper presented in 12th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ACM ITiCSE 2007), 2007.
    10.1145/1269900.1268818
  17. Lima, C.F.; Pelikan, M.; Goldberg, D.E.; Lobo, F.G.; Sastry, K.; Hauschild, M.. "Influence of selection and replacement strategies on linkage learning in BOA". Paper presented in IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2007), 2007.
    10.1109/CEC.2007.4424590
  18. Condado, P.A.; Lobo, F.G.. "EasyVoice: Integrating voice synthesis with skype". Paper presented in ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS-2007), 2007.
    10.1145/1296843.1296889
  19. Guerreiro, Paulo; Vieira, Vitor; Lobo, Fernando G.. "Disguised Programming as a Teaching Aid for Students with Special Needs". Paper presented in 11th Eurologo Conference, 2007.
  20. Norte, S.; Condado, Paulo A.; Lobo, Fernando G.. "Learning Logo at a High School: Constructionism versus Objectivism". Paper presented in Proceedings of the 11th Eurologo Conference, 2007.
  21. Fernando G. Lobo; Cláudio F. Lima. "Revisiting evolutionary algorithms with on-the-fly population size adjustment". Paper presented in ACM Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2006), 2006.
    10.1145/1143997.1144192
  22. Fernando G. Lobo; Cláudio F. Lima. "On the utility of the multimodal problem generator for assessing the performance of evolutionary algorithms". Paper presented in ACM Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2006), 2006.
    10.1145/1143997.1144191
  23. Lima, C.F.; Pelikan, M.; Sastry, K.; Butz, M.; Goldberg, D.E.; Lobo, F.G.. "Substructural neighborhoods for local search in the Bayesian optimization algorithm". Paper presented in Parallel Problem Solving from Nature (PPSN IX), 2006.
  24. Fernando G. Lobo; Cláudio F. Lima. "A review of adaptive population sizing schemes in genetic algorithms". Paper presented in ACM Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2005), 2005.
    10.1145/1102256.1102310
  25. Lima, C.F.; Goldberg, D.E.; Sastry, K.; Lobo, F.G.. "Combining competent crossover and mutation operators: A probabilistic model building approach". Paper presented in ACM Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2005), 2005.
    10.1145/1068009.1068131
  26. Norte, S.; Castilho, N.; Condado, Paulo A.; Lobo, Fernando G.. "GoGoBoard and Logo programming for helping people with disabilities". Paper presented in Proceedings of the 10th Eurologo Conference, 2005.
  27. Lobo, Fernando G.; Lima, C. F.; Mártires, H.. "Massive parallelization of the compact genetic algorithm". Paper presented in International Conference on Adaptive and Natural computiNG Algorithms (ICANNGA-2005), 2005.
  28. Lobo, F.G.. "A philosophical essay on life and its connections with genetic algorithms". Paper presented in Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2004), 2004.
  29. Lobo, F.G.; Lima, C.F.; Mártires, H.. "An architecture for massive parallelization of the compact genetic algorithm". Paper presented in Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2004), 2004.
  30. Lima, C.F.; Lobo, F.G.. "Parameter-less optimization with the extended compact genetic algorithm and iterated local search". Paper presented in Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2004), 2004.
  31. Miquelina, Pedro F.; Condado, Paulo A.; Carvalho, C. L.; Shahbazkia, H.R.; Lobo, Fernando G.. "Toque de voz: Sistema de síntese de voz com um teclado virtual para o auxílio de pessoas com necessidades educativas especiais". Paper presented in RiBiE2004: 7th IberoAmerican Congress on Computers in Education, 2004.
  32. Condado, Paulo A.; Miquelina, Pedro F.; Norte, S.; Castilho, N.; Lobo, Fernando G.; Shahbazkia, H.R.. "Information and communication technologies for people with disabilities". Paper presented in ICL 2004: Interactive Computer Aided Learning International Conference, 2004.
  33. Lobo, Fernando G.; Goldberg, David E.. "An overview of the parameter-less genetic algorithm". Paper presented in 7th Joint Conference on Information Sciences, 2003.
  34. Condado, Paulo A.; Lobo, Fernando G.. "Communication and information technology in pre-primary school". Paper presented in m-ICTE 2003: Second International Conference on Multimedia and Information and Communication Technologies in Education, 2003.
  35. Condado, Paulo A.; Tomaz, Filipe; Shahbazkia, H.R.; Lobo, Fernando G.. "Information and communication technologies for special needed persons: A case study with a student with cerebral paralysis". Paper presented in m-ICTE 2003: Second International Conference on Multimedia and Information and Communication Technologies in Education, 2003.
  36. Ferreira, J. S.; Costa, Manuel; Lobo, Fernando G.; Câmara, António S.. "Estuarine transport model calibration using genetic algorithms". Paper presented in Hydroinformatics 2002, 2002.
  37. Costa, Manuel; Ferreira, J. S.; Lobo, Fernando G.; Nobre, Edmundo; Câmara, António S.. "Scalable DisPar: A component based application for 2D advection-diffusion distributed simulation". Paper presented in AI, Simulation and Planning In High Autonomy Systems, 2002.
  38. Costa, Manuel; Ferreira, J. S.; Baptista, G.; Lobo, Fernando G.; Câmara, António S.. "Component based application for 2D advection-diffusion distributed simulation". Paper presented in Hydroinformatics 2002, 2002.
  39. Pelikan, Martin; Goldberg, David E.; Lobo, Fernando. "A survey of optimization by building and using probabilistic models". 2000.
  40. Lobo, Fernando G.; Pelikan, Martin. "Parameter-less genetic algorithm: A worst-case time and space complexity analysis". Paper presented in Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2000), 2000.
  41. Lobo, Fernando G.; Goldberg, David E.; Pelikan, Martin. "Time complexity of genetic algorithms on exponentially scaled problems". Paper presented in Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2000), 2000.
  42. Harik, Georges R.; Lobo, Fernando G.. "A parameter-less genetic algorithm". Paper presented in Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-99), 1999.
  43. Harik, G.R.; Lobo, F.G.; Goldberg, D.E.. "The compact genetic algorithm". Paper presented in International Conference on Evolutionary Computation 1998 (ICEC '98), 1998.
    10.1109/4235.797971
  44. Lobo, Fernando G.; Deb, Kalyanmoy; Goldberg, David E.; Harik, Georges R.; Wang, Liwei. "Compressed introns in a linkage learning genetic algorithm". Paper presented in Genetic Programming 98, 1998.
  45. Lobo, Fernando G.. "Solving problems of bounded difficulty using genetic algorithms". Paper presented in Genetic Programming 1998, 1998.
  46. Lobo, Fernando G.; Goldberg, David E.. "Decision making in a hybrid genetic algorithm". Paper presented in IEEE International Conference on Evolutionary Computation (ICEC '97), 1997.
  47. Carvalho, P.M.S.; Ferreira, L.A.F.M.; Lobo, F.G.; Barruncho, L.M.F.. "Distribution network expansion planning under uncertainty: A hedging algorithm in an evolutionary approach". Paper presented in 1997 IEEE International Conference on Power Industry Computer Applications, 1997.
  48. Carvalho, Pedro M. S.; Ferreira, L.A.F.M.; Lobo, Fernando G.; Barruncho, L.M.F.. "Optimal distribution network expansion planning under uncertainty by evolutionary decision convergence". Paper presented in 12th Power Systems Computation Conference (PSCC 96), 1996.
Edited book
  1. Lobo, Fernando G.; Lima, C. F.; Michalewicz, Z.. Parameter Setting in Evolutionary Algorithms. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 2007.
    10.1007/978-3-540-69432-8
Journal article
  1. Condado, Paulo A.; Lobo, Fernando G.. "Security and privacy concerns in assisted living environments". Journal of Smart Cities and Society 2 2 (2023): 99-121. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/scs-230015.
    Published • 10.3233/scs-230015
  2. Condado, Paulo A.; Lobo, Fernando G.; Carita, Tiago. "Towards Richer Assisted Living Environments". SN Computer Science 3 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42979-021-00983-0.
    Published • 10.1007/s42979-021-00983-0
  3. Lobo, Fernando G.; Bazargani, Mosab. "When Hillclimbers Beat Genetic Algorithms in Multimodal Optimization". Evolutionary Computation 30 4 (2022): 535-559. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/evco_a_00312.
    10.1162/evco_a_00312
  4. Lobo, Fernando G.; Bazargani, M.; Burke, Edmund K.. "A Cutoff Time Strategy based on the Coupon Collector’s Problem". European Journal of Operational Research (2020): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221720302411.
  5. Godinho, R.; Condado, P.A.; Zacarias, M.; Lobo, F.G.. "Improving accessibility of mobile devices with easywrite". Behaviour and Information Technology 34 2 (2015): 135-150. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84920812779&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/0144929X.2014.981584
  6. Pereira, J.C.; Lobo, F.G.. "An optimized divide-and-conquer algorithm for the closest-pair problem in the planar case". Journal of Computer Science and Technology 27 4 (2012): 891-896. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84865369553&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11390-012-1272-6
  7. Lima, C.F.; Lobo, F.G.; Pelikan, M.; Goldberg, D.E.. "Model accuracy in the Bayesian optimization algorithm". Soft Computing 15 7 (2011): 1351-1371. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79958065274&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00500-010-0675-y
  8. Kalyanmoy Deb; Dilip Datta; Carlos M. Fonseca; Fernando G. Lobo; Paulo A Condado; Julia Seixas. "Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm for Land-Use Management Problem". International Journal of Computational Intelligence Research 3 4 (2007): https://doi.org/10.5019%2Fj.ijcir.2007.118.
    10.5019/j.ijcir.2007.118
  9. Lobo, Fernando G.. "Lost gems of EC: The Equilibrium Genetic Algorithm and the Role of Crossover". ACM SIGEVOlution 2 2 (2007): 14-15.
  10. Lobo, FG; Goldberg, DE. "The parameter-less genetic algorithm in practice". Information Sciences 167 1-4 (2004): 217-232.
    10.1016/j.ins.2003.03.029
  11. Pelikan, M.; Goldberg, D.E.; Lobo, F.G.. "A survey of optimization by building and using probabilistic models". Computational Optimization and Applications 21 1 (2002): 5-20. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036180213&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1023/A:1013500812258
  12. Carvalho, P.M.S.; Ferreira, L.A.F.M.; Lobo, F.G.; Barruncho, L.M.F.. "Distribution network expansion planning under uncertainty: a hedging algorithm in an evolutionary approach". IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery 15 1 (2000): 412-416. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033720153&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1109/61.847282
  13. Harik, G.R.; Lobo, F.G.; Goldberg, D.E.. "The compact genetic algorithm". IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation 3 4 (1999): 287-297. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033318859&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1109/4235.797971
  14. Carvalho, P.M.S.; Ferreira, L.A.F.M.; Lobo, F.G.; Barruncho, L.M.F.. "Optimal distribution network expansion planning under uncertainty by evolutionary decision convergence". International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems 20 2 (1998): 125-129. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032001809&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0142-0615(97)00037-9
Report
  1. Pereira, José C.; Lobo, Fernando G.. 2015. Java Implementation of a Parameter-less Evolutionary Portfolio. https://arxiv.org/pdf/1506.08867v1.pdf.
  2. Pereira, José C.; Lobo, Fernando G.. 2015. A Java Implementation of Parameter-less Evolutionary Algorithms. https://arxiv.org/pdf/1506.08694v1.pdf.
  3. Pereira, J. C.; Lobo, Fernando G.. 2015. A Java Implementation of the SGA, UMDA, ECGA, and HBOA. https://arxiv.org/pdf/1506.07980v1.pdf.
  4. Lobo, Fernando G.; Zacarias, Marielba; Condado, Paulo A.; Romão, Teresa; Godinho, Rui; Moreno, Manuel. 2011. Evaluating Accessible Synchronous CMC Applications. https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.1200.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Lobo, Fernando G.. "The parameter-less genetic algorithm: Rational and automated parameter selection for simplified genetic algorithm operation". PhD, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2000.

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Goldberg, David E.; Sastry, Kumara; Lobo, Fernando G.; Lima, C. F.. 2012. "Adaptive Optimization Methods". United States.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2010 - 2015 Assistive Technologies to Promote the Independence of People with Speech and Motor Impairments. (Postdoc)
Supervisor of Paulo A. Condado
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2012 - 2013/12 Importância da Formação Contínua dos Professores do Ensino Básico e Secundário na Utilização Pedagógica das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação
Supervisor of Olídio Mandlate
 Mestrado em Ensino de Informática (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2012 - 2013/11 Visualization of Genetic Algorithm Operation on Additive Decomposable Functions
Supervisor of Pedro Miquelina
 Mestrado em Engenharia Informática (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2012 - 2013/07 Publicidade dirigida na plataforma SocialDB
Supervisor of Tiago Torres
 Mestrado em Engenharia Informática
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2011 - 2012/05 Image Registration with Evolutionary Algorithms
Supervisor of Mosab Bazargani
 Mestrado em Engenharia Informática (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2011 - 2012/04 Ferramenta para Resolução do Problema do Roteamento de Veículos, num Sistema de Informação Geográfica, Usando Algoritmos Genéticos
Supervisor of David Pinheiro
 Mestrado em Engenharia Informática (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2010 - 2011/12 Métodos Expeditos de Introdução de Texto em Dispositivos Móveis
Supervisor of Rui Godinho
 Mestrado em Engenharia Informática (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2010 - 2011/12 Application of Substructural Local Search in the MAXSAT problem
Supervisor of Pedro González
 Mestrado em Engenharia Informática (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2006 - 2011/07 Interfaces Pessoa-Máquina em Ambientes de Programação Logo
Supervisor of Stéphane Norte
 Doutoramento em Engenharia Electrónica e Computação (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2005 - 2009/05 Substructural Local Search in Discrete Estimation of Distribution Algorithms.
Supervisor of Cláudio F. Lima
 Doutoramento em Engenharia Electrónica e Computação
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2005 - 2009/04 Quebra de Barreiras de Comunicação para Portadores de Paralisia Cerebral
Supervisor of Paulo A. Condado
 Doutoramento em Engenharia Electrónica e Computação (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2008 Best Papar Award (EDA track) at ACM GECCO 2008
2004 Work done on massive parallelization of the compact genetic algorithm was mentioned at ACM Technews, vol 6, issue 669
Association for Computing Machinery, United States